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Seventeen aka Siebzehn
This intriguing coming of age movie is set in Lanzenkirchen in Lower Austria, the home town of the writer/director Monja Art, so it is probably safe to say that some of the trials and tribulations of the teenagers involved in this story are drawn from her own life experiences. The problems that seem to vex this one…
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Churchill
This new biopic on one of the 20th Century’s most famous political leaders is a re-imagining of the few days leading up to Operation Overload which the Allied High Command were preparing to launch in June 1944 to finally get a foothold back in Europe to hasten the end of the War. Churchill (Brian Cox) the…
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The Men of IML disrobe for Summer
Whilst most of us are spending Memorial Day weekend sorting out our summer wardrobes and wondering exactly how much white we can wear before Labor Day comes around, there is a group in Chicago who are having no such clothing quandaries. They not only know exactly what they are going to wear and they…
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Evan Wolfson on The Freedom To Marry
As part of P Town’s Summer of Love and Marriage, queerguru gets to talk to the leading gay activist Evan Wolfson known to many simply as ‘the marriage guy’. Wolfson is the founder and president of Freedom to Marry, a group that became a major driving force same-sex marriage in the United States. He is the visionary…
